La Malinche is a historical character, with mixed opinions on his role in the conquest of Mexican territory. Born in the late 15th century into a noble Mexican family, she was sold as a slave by her very young stepfather, and spent many years among the Maya so she fluently spoke her language in addition to Nahuatl. During the Spanish conquest she was given to Hernán Cortés, and when learning Spanish she was useful as an interpreter, already inseparable from the conqueror (with whom she even had a son) in her negotiations with the original peoples. Today for some is a traitor to her race, for others she is a victim or someone who by her intelligence work moderated the cruelty in the clashes between Mexican, Maya and Spanish. Her name was Malinalli, after being baptized took the name Marina, for the Spaniards was Dona Marina, for locals Malin or Malintzin, which gave the popular corruption of Malinche.
Nickname given in Mexico to the loving indigenous slave of Hernán Cortés, who also served as a translator and counselor. It was also called Malinalli, Malintzin, Marina or Doña Marina. Its origin was Mexican nahuatl. He came to master several languages and Spanish. Later it was called Tenepal, which means loquacious, which speaks fluently in the Nahuatl language.
